‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.’ Matthew 5: 7     NRSV The fifth Beatitude is about being merciful. Some English...

“Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for what is right. They will be filled.” Matthew 5: 6     New International Reader’s...

“Blessings on the little people, because they will be granted the earth!” Matthew 5: 5, translation by Dr. F. Dale Bruner, professor...

“You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.” Matthew...

God’s glory is on tour in the skies,     God-craft on exhibit across the horizon. Madame Day holds classes every morning,     Professor...

When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with...

Don’t walk around with a chip on your shoulder,     always spoiling for a fight. Proverbs 3: 30    The Message Angry people stir up a lot...

Never walk away from someone who deserves help;     your hand is God’s hand for that person. Don’t tell your neighbor “Maybe some other...

Really! There’s no such thing as self-rescue,     pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. But me? God snatches me from the clutch of...

Remember every road that God led you on for those forty years in the wilderness, pushing you to your limits, testing you so that he would...

So, when we couldn’t stand being separated from you any longer and could find no way to visit you ourselves, we stayed in Athens and sent...

“This is the kind of fast day I’m after:     to break the chains of injustice,     get rid of exploitation in the workplace,     free the...

How blessed the man you train, God, the woman you instruct in your Word. If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it. The...

After looking at the way things are on this earth, here’s what I’ve decided is the best way to live: Take care of yourself, have a good...

Stay wide-awake in prayer. Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. First...

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised     in the city of our God. His holy mountain, beautiful in elevation,     is the joy of all...

God spoke: “Lights! Come out!         Shine in Heaven’s sky!     Separate Day from Night.         Mark seasons and days and years,...

Make the Master proud of you by being good citizens. Respect the authorities, whatever their level; 14 they are God's emissaries for...

Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No...

17 A stone slab was placed over the opening of the den. The king sealed the cover with his signet ring and the signet rings of all his...